REFLECTOR: V-8 at Oskosh

[Andy Millin]

Hi Greg,

The plane was very nice.  It is a 173.

His given performance, from what I can remember.  His climb out, single
occupant, was around 3,800 fpm.  He cruises at 210 kts.  He has Shaw wings
that used carbon fiber in the wing-winglet join.  He claims they are good to
300 kts.  At cruise, he had something like 40% power in reserve... at
210kts... whoa...

Andy


-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org]On
Behalf Of Greg Poole
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 6:03 PM
To: 'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'
Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: V-8 at Oskosh


I'd be very, very interested to hear of the aircraft's (XL or STD??)
performance as well as weight and balance characteristics (i.e. useful load)
if anybody can obtain that data and share it with the group please.

The engineering looks absolutely superb!

Greg in Sydney.

PS: ...know how irritated pilots and passengers get when put in a holding
pattern - wonder how those space jockey's of yours (one - ours!) are
handling it?

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Jack Sheehan
Sent: Tuesday, 9 August 2005 6:54 AM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: V-8 at Oskosh

I was parked behind Bill's V-8 at OSH. What a great job and then to
here the story around all the major engineering and construction
challenges including the design and construction of the PSRU Wow !!
It should have won a big award but the judges must have missed the
point. They sometimes get impressed by paint and gadgets. This
airplane is a real piece of work.
I understand it will be at the Factory open house on August 19th. Is
that correct Scott??
--
Jack Sheehan
Executive Director
National Consortium for Aviation Mobility (NCAM)
Visit the following sites
http://www.ncam-sats.org, http://www.sats2005.com, http://sats.nasa.gov
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